[Updated 10/26/21 ] Like most kids who grew up in the US, I became fascinated with Santa Claus from a very early age. From his fuzzy red suit and his long white hair and beard to the Keep Reading
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[Updated 10/26/21] Making recycled Christmas decorations at home is a fantastic opportunity to slow down and savor the holiday season. It gives us a chance to spend some quality Keep Reading
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[Updated 10/25/21] Christmas has been celebrated as a Christian holiday dating back to A.D. 336. But it has also become an international phenomenon whose widespread popularity Keep Reading
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[Updated 10/25/21] It’s no secret among friends and family that we’re nuts for Christmas traditions, decorating our house from wall to wall and immersing ourselves in local holiday celebrations. In Keep Reading
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[Updated 10/22/21] Although many of our blogging friends enjoy traveling to Christmas destinations around the world, we personally prefer a classic Christmas at home with our Keep Reading
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If you really want to understand the culture of a place, festivals are a great place to start. Whether you're interested in music festivals, cultural festivals, food and wine festivals, or Keep Reading
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Mary and I have been going to the lake 3 to 4 times a week on average for the last 12 years– ever since we pooled our savings and bought a used pontoon boat in 2009. Because travel is work Keep Reading
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August 30 is National Beach Day, a holiday designed to raise awareness of the beauty of beaches while also encouraging the clean-up of beaches worldwide to help save the lives of sea birds & Keep Reading
40 Fascinating Facts about Palm Oil
Whether you view Palm Oil positively or negatively, it is inarguably one of the most intriguing products in today’s food manufacturing industry. Palm Oil is used in so many everyday products Keep Reading
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[Updated 7/5/2021] There are numerous beautiful forests in the world, and collectively they cover about one-third of Earth's total acreage. These forests provide the oxygen we need to breathe as Keep Reading
